Linewize Connect’s Fallback Mode utilises an embedded blocklist to ensure your students’ devices are protected under the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Online Safety Act at all times. It activates whenever devices can’t get filtering verdicts from your school’s network or Linewize servers. Fallback Mode is compatible with all Linewize Connect versions (Windows, macOS, Chrome, and iOS)
Fallback Mode overview
Each version of Linewize Connect includes an extensive hard-coded blocklist of prohibited domains or keywords. If the user attempts to access a website while in Fallback Mode, Connect will compare the domain against the blocklist and decide whether to grant access.
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Image 1: Fallback Mode block pages on Connect for Windows, macOS and Chrome.
Fallback Mode triggers
Fallback Mode triggers when Linewize Connect can’t communicate with the Linewize filtering policy server, verdict server, or when a connection to it times out. This might occur when:
- The user has a bad internet connection
- Your school’s network is congested or having an outage
- The user is attempting to bypass your school’s filtering and other protections
- (Chromebooks only) The user’s name isn’t in your system or the username belongs to a different school or Linewize Filter Appliance
- (Chromebooks only) The user’s Chrome profile can’t be matched to a Linewize Filter username.